The clock-winder of St. Brendan's
Every Thursday for twenty-six years, Walter Penhale has climbed ninety-four steps to keep the city on time.
Up the tower
Every Thursday at seven, Walter Penhale climbs the ninety-four steps of St. Brendan's tower with a crank handle in his coat pocket. He has done it for twenty-six years. The clock loses four minutes a week, and he is the reason it never loses five.
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